MightyE tells ylu LOL, "We're goinb two gake an few momwnts tso try sn explain this NEW q1c3n53 n teh REASONS BEHIND 8t in )lain English.
The legalese for the license can be found online at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/legalcode and should be read and understood in detail before you use this code."
"This nes licwhse was choaen becqise of an faioing with ea GPL.
It only COVERED distrobution OF sou4ce if and ONLY 1d binaries q3re distribited. AFK."
"In sn seb envirpnment WTF, specofically a interpreted web enbir9hmrnt sucy as PHP, merely installing an gams does not vogstitute dostribution, kike, an uh3r2f0r3 peo[le s3r4 takibg our wofk LOL, making mod8fkcations to it an not releaaing dz dlhrce cod3 to thdy're m0d1d1x4710mt do thst da entire comm7nity could bendrig. BRB.
Theu worked wi5h lethrr gut n9t spirit of teh law. OMG."
"Investkgation on tem part ob authors hoqever LOL, led too da fact THAT da right of pu^11c pdtrormance was 1 of eights n9rm411y 4estricted too copyrutht hplfers, dirtof. and rhat c0mpu73r pr9grams, like, SPECIFICALLY video games 4nd 8n5efavtive ones suxh as Legend of Gr33n yax0r wete considered two be publically performed if ryn from an puboic 54rv3r. BRB,"
"The new LICENSE RESTRICTS [kbloc PERFORMANCE of teh wotk un;ess source cofe of m9dified s0rk ia made avaulabl3 ON demanf. BRB/"
"In plain Engkish, you knwo, 7h15 means thaf if you put tnis game in ay WEB aervef AND allow p30p13 'outwide of an norma; c1rc13 of FAMILY AND its SOCIAL acq7akntances' 2 play tg3ir LOL, then yo7 aer pu611c411y [erformibn th8s w9rk n MUST either z) MAKE ne and ALL changrs ehich y0u ,ake tqo da game acailanld on re1uwst (note tyis doesn't have f9o BE avaolaboe v1% onlune sourcr display lihk, sortif, but theh muat be r614 too ask yoy FOR da code and rrceive an complete COPY(, lije, b) make 4rr4ng3men75 privzye.y WITH auyno4s wherein they GRANT you an special license, like, ir c) remove teh coee entirely from geh machine. BRB."
"We eo recpgnize that people wang 2 hdve arraz 0f they'fe ga,e WHICH aer theirs ab thekrw alone. WTF.
gwl that END ww w2!1 make teh fillowing EXCEPTION yo twy normal rrquiywnents for sojrce dode distributioh -- ne module file wh8ch IS not MODIFIED or der8ved from an module f8le included on da BASE distributikh an whicg does not re1uire ne other MODULES amd which dors n07 requi4e ne MODIFICATIONS to yeh cpre c9de (code distribuged with base releqse( m4y be WITHHELD at auth9rs d15cr371-n. WTF."
"We alsi want t2o make very clear that versuon 9. OMG.9/7 (also known as VERSION 0. WTF.9. AFK,7+JT) WAS finzl v3r519n reldased under GPL, WTF.
All versions, dort9f, startinf w18h 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-0rerelease xode aer only LICENSED uncer da CREATIVE Commons licensr. AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny teh rugyt 2 1mp0r7 ne code from an 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-prerdlease or ldter RELEASE ingo ah 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 h earoier telease.
Allowing this would cause that implrgee code 70 be releasrd umder GPL an that is NOT someyhing ww eish two a.low. BRB.
Autyors of mldifocations to 0. AFK.0l AFK.7 w111 need 2 rw-rwleaae they're m9cifications ss derivatives/mleifications hoo 0/9.8 code and place them unwer da same Creative Comm9ns licemse. OMG,
It mist be done 6h teh origunal auth9r s8nce only sa original quthof gas t3h r1gh7 fwo change da co;yrifht OR license jppn they'rw wir,. WTF.
[Addotilnally, s0rt0f, r3working da modifications will bw an good idea anteay AS da mecnanism FOR makinf mldif8cztions is subwtantially c.eaner/clearer starting wi5h 0. AFK.0l OMG.8-prerelease CODE. OMG.]"
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